Improvement in cultivators



J'. T. BEVER. GULTIVATUR.

No. 48,358. Patented June 27, 1865.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

JOHN T.BEVER, OF BETHEL,`ILL`INOIS.

Spociiieation forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,358, dated J une 2,7, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J oHN T. BEVER, of Bethel, in the county of Morgan and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful. Improvement in Onltivators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, ot' Which- Figure l is a perspective view of my invention, comprising all the parts. Fig. 2 is a detached viewot' the lever-handles in solid fram ing, with uprigh ts, plow-blades', and pivotring,

dazzling-clevis, and clevis.- gx1ide.attached f thereto. Fig. 3 is also a detached view of side bar containing uprigh ts and mold-board. Fig. 4 is a det-ached' elevation ot' an adjustable guidebar and uprights.

A is thel beam or tongue, made permanent in cross-frames'B B. G G are side bars, contain` ing uprights D D and mold-boards c e, uprights or studs f f, and rods g g, as represented in Fig. 3. vSaid side bars, with their appendages, are adjustable and reversible by removing screws or bolts it h hfh, thereby enabling the operator to set his plows at any given distance apart or turning' the soil to or from the growing corn. I I, the lever-handles, containing-uprights d d and plow-blades y y, are adjustable by bolts k 7o in the ends of the cross-frames X X, oper-V ating, as described, in the outer frame above named. 'Ihe uprights or studs j' f and guidebar L, as represented in Fig. 4, are alsov adjustable by slots and bolts to correspond with side bars, G C, also being set to any desirable height by the aid of pins or bolts m m. The great use of this guide-frame will readily be seen.- y While its main' office is to regulate the extent of movement in the 1ever-handle frame, it also serves as a strengthening-brace to the outward frame. i

The elevating-clevisN and clevis-guideQand pivotring or staple P, as shown in Fig. 2, at'- ford facilities to the operator to wield the plows (center ones) in either direction (to or froliln him) or to elevate or depress the same at w1 A i The features that somewhat distinguish this invention from others are, the handles being made in solid frame, the ploivs being connected thereto, (center ones,) the Awhole acting together upon apivot in the center ot' the front cross-bar, X. The great leverage obtained by this arrangementcnables the operator,by a gentle movementot' the hand, to wield the plows in anyV direction, as also .a sli gilt .depressionof the hand upon the extreme end of the han# dies elevates the plows above the surface of theearth in cases ot' obstruction, uneven y ground, or in turning around at the ends of the rows. A second feature is the elevating-clevis N, with itsguideO,` and the cleats or notches r r on the upper face of the rear cross-bar, B, with corresponding notches s-s upon the under face of ,handles I I, affording facilities to elevate the forward plows above the surface -and retain them in that'position until the object for which they have been'thrown up has been ac 4eomplislled, theguide O retaining the relative position of the combined frames. Y

Having thus described my invention, what I cla1n,and ask to secure by Letters Patent, is- 1. 'Ihe lever-handles I I, containing uprights d d, with crossbars X X, made in solid framing to vibrate upon pivot P, in combination with beam or tongue A and clevis N.

2. llEhe arrangement of the elevating-clevis N, clevis-guide O, cleats or notches r r, and corresponding notches s s', as and for the purposes herein speoiiied.

JOHN 1 BEVER.

` Witnesses:

J. L. PRATT, OLIVER DUCKETT. 

